Tidewater Review

Friday will be partly sunny, with a high near 91 and heat index values as high as 102, according to the National Weather Service. Showers and thunderstorms are possible before 11 a.m. and after 2 p.m. There will be a moderate breeze throughout the day, and a light breeze at night. Showers and thunderstorms...

CAPTION

A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico grew into Tropical Storm Emily on Monday.

A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico grew into Tropical Storm Emily on Monday.

Community News

Youth Recognition Day at Angel Visit Baptist Church, Dunnsville, Virginia, will be held on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. This annual event recognizes the achievements of youth and young adult members of the church during the past year. The speaker for this occasion will be Essex native and...

The events for the SRBA Board (Southside Rappahannock Baptist Association and its Allied Ministries) have been set for July 16 through July 20th at the Angel Visit Baptist Church at 29566 Tidewater Trail in Dunnsville, VA (Essex County) where Rev. Dr. Carla Lightfoot is the Pastor (804-443-5977)....

The Gloucester Boys and Girls Club 15th Annual Flounder Tournament is Saturday, with registration and the captains’ meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Crowne Point Marina. Flounder fishing is the best it has been in several years. Gov. Terry McAuliffe made three appointments to the Virginia Marine...

Life

A crowd of 500 people celebrated at the Jenna Bash festival which marked 10 years on Aug. 5 at Rockahock Campground. The event is hosted annually by Proclaiming Grace Outreach in honor of Jenna Grace King, who died in 2008 in a car accident. She was 17 at the time and had just finished her first...

Scouts took to the fields this month as a way of raising money for their troop. Scout pack 562 worked with Couch's Berry Farm on July 8-9 to pick blackberries at the Poindexter Road farm. Scouts and their parents sold their harvest, as well as berries, honey, jams and other assorted products to...

Teachers at West Point High School wanted to connect students to concepts outside of the classroom, especially around some of the latest job fields involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The ideas bore fuit in the form of a free two-week engineering summer class that began...

An audience at West Point Library walked the plank only to jump into captivating stories about pirates on Thursday. Librarian Elaine Wood said the priate program was an idea to spice up the summer reading activities. "We just always try to look for something different; this year's theme was 'reading...

Opinion

Twenty four states give easier ballot access (than Virginia) to its citizens via initiatives and referendum. One of the facts when doing my research, was the lower taxes and spending in the states allow for this easier access. More creative solutions to problems were found when you engage citizens...

We are writing to express our opposition to a proposed conditional use permit requested by Charles Snead to operate a camping resort — known as Zebulon's Grotto — at his residence on Roane Oak Trail in King William. The property on Roane Oak Trail is zoned for agricultural conservation. Roane Oak...

Each spring we all sow the seeds that are harvested later on. In the case of local governments, springtime sets the tone for spending as localities plan ahead for the upcoming fiscal year. Tidewater is a region of small towns, but it's localities spend big money. Locally elected officials in New...

National News

A van veered onto a promenade and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona on Thursday, swerving back and forth as it mowed down pedestrians and turned a picturesque tourist destination into a bloody killing zone. Thirteen people were killed and 100 were injured, 15 of them seriously,...

With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump on Thursday burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials and lashed out at members of his own party in the latest controversy to engulf his presidency. Out of...

Dina Chernick had just arrived for breakfast Thursday at a Jewish deli in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, but she already had a bad case of indigestion. She could thank President Trump for that. “Here’s this guy and he’s talking about uniting the country and then he makes these terribly divisive...

Three fundraising giants decided to pull events from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, signaling a direct blowback to his business empire from his comments on Charlottesville's (Virginia) racial unrest. The American Cancer Society, a high-dollar client...